Waqa takes the wheel at the Forum

Nearing the end of his term as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna travelled to Rarotonga in May and was feted by Mark Brown, Prime Minister of Cook Islands and the current Forum Chair. As the

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Forum leaders appointed Baron Waqa as next Forum Secretary General, endorse the 2050 Strategy

Pacific Islands Forum leaders have reaffirmed the decision taken under the Suva Agreement with the appointment of former president of Nauru Baron Waqa as the next Secretary General. This was announced by Forum Chairman

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Kiribati returns to Forum, Nauru’s Waqa next Secretary General

Pacific leaders prayed together, ate together and by the end of a long retreat today, saw Kiribati’s full return to the Pacific Islands Forum and a much larger role for its Micronesian members. Former Nauru President

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Lionel Aingimea is Nauru’s new President

By Samisoni Pareti A junior minister in the previous government of Baron Waqa is the new President of Nauru. Lionel Aingimea won the presidential vote 12 to 6 against David Adeang when the island republic’s new

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Nauru’s President out

Preliminary results are in for Nauru’s elections, and it appears President Baron Waqa has lost his seat. Nauruans went to the polls today and preliminary results are in for all but one electorate. Also to miss out are

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